The recent temperature spikes in an otherwise cool spring have produced at least one distressing development in local gardens. They have revealed just how damaging the winter has been on certain ...

The genus Magnolia, with more than 200 members in Tropical America, East Asia and Eastern North America, has an ancient lineage, with a fossil record dating back at least 80 million years. Among the ...

Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), or just magnolia, (named after Pierre Magnol (1638 to 1715), a French botany professor) has large, showy flowers, making it the most beautiful ornamental tree ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - With flowers the size of your hand, they're easy to see, but you may catch their aroma wafting down the block even before you spot them - that's our Magnolia grandiflora, blooming ...

On a recent group tree identification hike in a Leon County park, I found it interesting that the one tree everyone could identify was southern magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora. And it’s no wonder, as ...

January and February are excellent months to plant trees in Louisiana. If you are thinking about adding shade trees, small spring- or summer-flowering trees or trees for screening, head to local ...

CHICO — Even though his mansion has burned down, John Bidwell’s southern magnolia tree still stands. And according to City Urban Forester Richard Bamlet, it might also be a record holder at 92 feet ...

Nothing describes the iconic Southern magnolia better than its given scientific name Magnolia grandiflora. Its flowers truly are grand, and most trees are now fully set with blooms that have begun ...

Magnolia, the Southern U.S. native commonly planted as a decorative street tree in many of San Diego’s older neighborhoods, continues to bloom this month. Called the “queen of the flowering broadleaf ...

As a child, I spent many days during the summer at my grandparents' house. My grandparents had a large southern magnolia in their yard. As a child, this was my favorite tree to climb. My cousins and I ...

ETTRICK, Va. — For nearly two centuries, a Southern Magnolia tree has towered over the campus of Virginia State University. The 170-year-old tree, which was planted in the front yard of a home built ...